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FESTIVAL GUEST SPECIAL EVENT Jakob Oftebro 5 Reindeer in My Saami Heart 31 OPENING NIGHT THE TRILOGY Welcome to Norway! (Norway) 7 32 - 33 CENTREPIECE MELBOURNE INFO Land of Mine () 9 Sessions 34-35 Special Events 36 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Ticketing & Booking 45 The Fencer (Finland/Estonia/Germany) 11 SYDNEY INFO Sessions 38-39 Special Events 40 A Holy Mess 12 Ticketing & Booking 45 A Man Called Ove 13 14 CANBERRA INFO As it is in Heaven 2: Sessions & Events 41 Heaven on Earth 15 Ticketing & Booking 45 Love is the Drug 16 Nice People 17 BRISBANE INFO The Yard 18 Sessions & Events 43 Ticketing & Booking 45 DENMARK Comeback 19 ADELAIDE INFO Gold Coast 20 Sessions & Events 46 The Idealist 21 Ticketing & Booking 47 Parents 22 PERTH INFO ICELAND Sessions & Events 48 Reykjavík 23 Ticketing & Booking 49 Sparrows 24 The Together Project 25 HOBART SCHEDULE Sessions, Events, FINLAND Ticketing & Booking 50 Absolution 26 Homecoming 27 The Mine 28 Other Girls 29 NORWAY Welcome to Norway! 7 The Wave 30

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4 FESTIVAL GUEST JAKOB OFTEBRO

orwegian star Jakob Oftebro is one of Scandinavia's most talented and charismatic Nactors. He speaks five languages and has appeared in more than twenty films since 2004 including KON-TIKI (2012), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th . Other significant films includeMAX MANUS (2009), THE HIDDEN CHILD (2012), VICTORIA (2013), ON THE EDGE (2014) and in IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE (2014). His television work includes the BAFTA nominated Danish/Swedish TV series,THE BRIDGE, as well as a featured role in 1864 by Ole Bornedal. In 2014, Jakob was selected by the Berlin International Film Festival as one of Europe’s best young actors for the prestigious Shooting Stars programme. We are delighted to present two of Jakob’s films this year, the Danish epicGOLD COAST set in 1836 in which he plays a botanist sent to Danish Guinea to establish coffee plantations, and the highly anticipated Swedish sequel AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH. Jakob will be in Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to attend selected sessions. MELBOURNE AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2 with introduction by Jakob Oftebro CANBERRA 6.15pm Friday 15 July Opening Night Event introduced by Palace Brighton Bay festival guest Jakob Oftebro AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2 followed by 6pm for 7pm Tuesday 12 July Q&A with Jakob Oftebro Palace Electric 6.45pm Friday 15 July Palace Cinema Como BRISBANE Opening Night Event introduced by SYDNEY festival guest Jakob Oftebro AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2 followed by 6pm for 7pm Wednesday 13 July Q&A with Jakob Oftebro Palace Barracks 6pm Saturday 16 July AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2 Followed by Palace Norton St Q&A with Jakob Oftebro GOLD COAST with introduction by 6.30pm Thursday 14 July Jakob Oftebro Palace Barracks 8.30pm Saturday 16 July Palace Norton St 5 ENJOY SPECIAL DISCOUNTED TICKETS ON MONDAYS DURING THE FESTIVAL

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NORWAY • COMEDY/DRAMA • 2016 • 90’ • CTC DIRECTOR: Rune Denstad Langlo CAST: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Olivier Mukata, Slimane Dazi, Henriette Steenstru, Elisar Sayegh, Renate Reinsve, Nini Bakke Kristiansen

Director Rune Denstad Langlo brings some welcome NORWAY levity to the highly topical subject of Europe’s migration crisis in this acerbic and insightful black comedy that pokes fun at the behaviour of Norwegians One of the best comedies when pushed outside their comfort zones. Norway has produced.” CINEMA SCANDINAVIA The star of all three of Denstad Langlo’s previous features, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, plays Petter Primus, a jovial racist and failed entrepreneur who turns his dilapidated mountain hotel into a state- funded refugee asylum centre to remain financially afloat. Not surprisingly, the cultural rub causes more than a little friction, especially his relationship with the overly optimistic arrival Abedi (a standout performance by newcomer Olivier Mukata). Fifty freezing refugees, a nosy Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, a depressed wife and a restless teenage WINNER: 2016 Göteborg Film daughter prove far more than Petter Primus can bear! Festival - Audience Award Sharp, witty and unpredictable, Welcome to Norway! juggles its themes with acute skill; never patronising for the sake of laughs, never too serious for the sake of political correctness. This is a film that will put a smile on your face in ways you may not expect.

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DENMARK • DRAMA/THRILLER • 2015 • 101’ • CTC DIRECTOR: Martin Zandvliet CAST: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton

Based on extraordinary true events, Martin Zandvliet’s DENMARK multi-award-winning new film is a nail-bitingly tense historical thriller with strong contemporary resonance. Potent and In the days following the surrender of Nazi Germany accomplished.” in May 1945, a group of German soldiers – most VARIETY barely out of their teens – are put to work by their Allied captors. With minimal training, they are set the dangerous task to locate and disarm their own hidden weapons that still litter the beaches along Denmark’s west coast, under the supervision of a righteous and embittered Danish sergeant, Rasmussen (Roland Møller, in a superb performance). Scornful of the Germans for their five-year occupation of his country, he ruthlessly marches his squad out on the dunes each day to prod for mines. Yet this risky task soon challenges even Rasmussen, who grows more and more WINNER: 2016 Danish Film conflicted in his feelings toward his young charges. Awards – Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Editing & Zandvliet’s powerful and morally complex tale is Cinematography WINNER: 2016 riveting viewing, with a potency that echoes Peter Rotterdam Intl. Film Festival – Audience Award WINNER: 2016 Weir’s Gallipoli and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker Göteborg Intl. Film Festival but an impact truly of its own. This unforgettable film – Best Nordic Film WINNER: demands to be experienced on the big screen. 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival – Best Actor

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FINLAND/ESTONIA/GERMANY • HISTORICAL DRAMA • 2015 • 93’ • CTC DIRECTOR: Klaus Härö CAST: Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Liisa Koppel, Lembit Ulfsak

Shortlisted for a 2016 Best Foreign Language Film FINLAND/ESTONIA/GERMANY Academy Award, this elegantly crafted, superbly acted drama tells the story of a fencing instructor in post- war, Soviet-occupied Estonia, and bears similar themes The best Finnish film in a and emotional impact to the superb Monsieur Lazhar. decade.” FINLAND TODAY Inspired by real-life events, The Fencer takes its cues from the life of legendary fencing master Endel Nelis, who founded a school for young swordsmen in the 1950s that still runs to this day. Endel hides from Stalin’s secret police in a remote Estonian village because of his forced service in the German army during World War II. His attempts to keep a low profile as a physical education instructor at a local school come under threat when he uses his love of fencing to develop a rapport with his students and, consequently, raises the ire of the party-loyalist school principal. NOMINATED: 2016 Golden Beautifully shot by cinematographer Cuomo Hutri, this Globes, USA – Best Foreign moving drama was the winner of Finland’s major film Language Film prize, selected as the Opening Night Gala for the 2016 WINNER: 2016 Jussi (Finnish Academy) Awards – Best Film, Palm Springs Film Festival, and received a nomination Best Cinematography as Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards. It will pull at the heartstrings of any film-lover inspired by stories of compassion, determination and bravery against the odds.

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SWEDEN • COMEDY • 2015 • 108’ • CTC DIRECTOR: Helena Bergström CAST: Helena Bergström, Anastasios Soulis, Anton Lundqvist, Rakel Wärmländer, Maria Lundqvist, Robert Gustafsson, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Inga Landré

This warm comedy about the modern family stars comedian Robert Gustafsson (The 100-Year-Old Man, Festival opening night, 2015) and premiered in Sweden Charming, amusing and a SWEDEN last November with the highest weekend admissions of 2015. little touching.” OMFILMER.SE Partners Simon (Anastasios Soulis) and Oscar (Anton Lundqvist), both in their 20s, have been a couple for three years. Together with their girlfriend, Cissi (Rakel Wärmländer), they have bought a house outside Stockholm. The place needs renovating, but one room has top priority: the nursery, because Cissi is nine months pregnant. But who is the father – Simon or Oscar? Either way, they are going to start a family. They haven’t revealed the secret to their families yet, but realise that they cannot keep it hidden anymore. So what better time to disclose the truth than Christmas night NOMINATION: 2016 Guldbagge – the feast of tolerance, the day when everybody must (Swedish Academy) Awards – Audience Award love and be kind to one another... Their announcement results in entertaining reactions and consequences, as it depicts the new alternative household and how different family situations and relationships never fail to come to a dramatic head during the festive period. Best weekend opening of 2015 in Sweden with 77,736 admissions! 12 A MAN CALLED OVE EN MAN SOM HETER OVE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

SWEDEN • COMEDY/DRAMA • 2015 • 116’ DIRECTOR: Hannes Holm CAST: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Zozan Akgün, Tobias Almborg, Nelly Jamarani

Fredrik Backman’s bestselling book comes to the SWEDEN big screen via filmmaker Hannes Holm (, 2010) and takes the ‘Swedish Oscars’, Guldbagges, by storm. A touching comic crowd- pleaser that may call for a Ove (Rolf Lassgård) is the resident curmudgeon of a tissue or two by the end.” vibrant suburban housing estate. Despite his ousting VARIETY as president of the housing co-op a few years ago, he stubbornly maintains vigilant surveillance over his fellow residents, making sure rules of the community are observed and making a nuisance of himself in the process. When a new neighbour, Parvaneh (Bahar Pars), and her family move in next door to Ove, an unexpected and, ultimately, life-saving friendship develops. Taking over US$20 million since its première last year – making it the fifth most popular film in Swedish WINNER: 2016 Guldbagge cinema history – A Man called Ove is a heartwarming Awards – Best Actor, Best and charmingly humorous tale of friendship and Makeup, Audience Award community that is sure to delight audiences regardless NOMINATED: 2016 Guldbagge of age. Awards – Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film, Best Visual Effects

13 AS IT IS IN HEAVEN SÅ SOM I HIMMELEN

SWEDEN/DENMARK • DRAMA • 2004 • 127’ • RATING: M DIRECTOR: Kay Pollak CAST: , Frida Hallgren, Lennart Jähkel, Ingela Ollsen

The immensely popular and resonating As it is in Heaven returns to audiences at this year’s Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival to swell hearts and minds with the redemptive power of song. This is one of the best things to come out of Starring Frida Hallgren, who appeared at the 2015 Sweden since Abba.” Festival in Raspberry Boat Refugee (and this year’s As SYDNEY MORNING HERALD it is in Heaven 2: Heaven on Earth), the film centres SWEDEN/DENMARK on Daniel Daréus (Michael Nyqvist from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo franchise) as a famous conductor who is forced to retire to his northern Swedish village after suffering a heart attack. Once returned, he is introduced to the enthusiastic but talentless local Lutheran choir, as well as a number of small-town problems plaguing the community. As the characters develop, so do the songs, with the film building to a high note that soars. NOMINATION: 2005 Academy Awards, USA – Best Foreign As it is in Heaven cemented itself in history for being Language Film WINNER: 2005 nominated for an Academy Award, as well as for every Tromsø Intl. Film Festival – possible category in the – ‘Swedish Audience Award Oscars’ – on the year of its release.

14 AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH SÅ OCK PÅ JORDEN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SWEDEN • DRAMA • 2015 • 135’ • RATING: M DIRECTOR: Kay Pollak CAST: Frida Hallgren, Niklas Falk, Jakob Oftebro, Lennart Jähkel, André Sjöberg, Ylva Lööf

Ten years after the stunning success of As It is in SWEDEN Heaven, veteran director Kay Pollak rekindles the magic of his original film with this independent sequel. A heartfelt, beautiful Reuniting key cast members, Heaven on Earth takes up film about Swedish where the last story left off: Conductor Daniel Dareus’ melancholy, so genuine soprano and love interest, Lena (Frida Hallgren), is alone and true. Kay Pollack and pregnant. She gives birth during a snowstorm with has again captured the only the intoxicated village vicar (Niklas Falk) to assist Swedish soul on screen.” her. Such an intense experience creates a bond between FILMEYE.SE the two, and Lena agrees to bring people to the church as a cantor, but just as music and dancing inspires joy, it also sparks fear and jealousy in the village. Fans of As It is in Heaven will not be disappointed by the heartfelt continuation of the characters and storyline commenced in the original, handled with the kind of NOMINATION: 2016 Guldbagge delicate combination of humour, mischievousness and (Swedish Academy) Awards – utter joviality unique to its filmmaker. Audience Award Heaven on Earth also works beautifully as a standalone feature for viewers who may not have seen the first film.

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SWEDEN • ROMANTIC COMEDY • 2014 • 102’ DIRECTOR: Staffan Lindberg CAST: Izabella Scorupco, David Hellenius, Suzanne Reuter, Philip Zandén

Set in the gorgeous Swedish archipelago, director Staffan Lindberg has concocted this bright romantic comedy which won the Audience prize at Sweden’s A light-hearted, cheerful SWEDEN Guldbagge Awards. boost.” Gorgeous former Bond girl Izabella Scorupco (Golden FILMEYE.SE Eye, 2009) plays Veronica, who falls head over heels for the handsome Mike (David Hellenius), a carpenter who is rebuilding the kitchen in her plush high-end apartment. The sawdust has barely landed on the floor before their first passionate kiss. However, the teenage kids are not pleased and have a hard time accepting the union. Veronica decides that a summer holiday nearby her wealthy parents on the west coast of Sweden is exactly what they all need. Mike on the other hand is not so relaxed in these upper class surroundings. Furthermore, when his WINNER: 2015 Guldbagge own dysfunctional family become involved, Mike and (Swedish Academy) Awards – Golden Beetle Audience Award Veronica’s relationship is up for a serious challenge. An ensemble of eccentric characters and awkward situations make this film hilarious as it is charming, as the class-conflict chaos threatens to bring the new couple’s fairy tale to an end.

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SWEDEN • DOCUMENTARY • 2015 • 100’ DIRECTORS: Anders Helgeson and Karin af Klintberg

In this real-life “Cool Runnings” the predominantly SWEDEN white community of the rural Swedish town of Borlänge (whose town slogan is “Nice People”) is confronted by the influx of Somalis who have fled war Occasionally hilarious and come to live in Sweden. Integrating has proven and frequently heart- difficult, so entrepreneur Patrik Andersson decides warming.” WYLIE WRITES that all the Swedes and Somalis need is something in common to bring them together, and so he encourages them to learn Bandy (a cross between ice hockey and soccer) with the goal of becoming the first ever Bandy team to represent Somalia at the Bandy World Championships in Irkutsk, Russia, even though they have never skated in their lives! It seems like an impossible task, but ever-enthusiastic Andersson is convinced that it will help these men become a part of Borlänge and with his charm and WINNER: 2015 Hamburg Film connections and a love of PR, the impossible soon Festival - Audience Award becomes anything but. This highly entertaining and touching documentary follows the team as they live and train in Borlänge, coached by legendary former bandy player Per Fosshaug and Cia Embretsen, and accompanied and commented on by the well-known Swedish duo of entertainers Fredrik Wikingsson and Filip Hammar.

17 THE YARD YARDEN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

SWEDEN • DRAMA • 2016 • 80’ DIRECTOR: Måns Månsson CAST: Dennis Axnér, Anders Mossling, Robert Bengtsson, Axel Roos, Alexandra Zetterberg

A semi-autobiographical lament based on the novel by Kristian Lundberg, The Yard sees a single father and once-professional writer demoted to a humiliating job Minimalist, beautifully SWEDEN at a car import yard where he exists among migrant workers and is known only as a number – 11811. shot and tightly edited.” CINEMA SCANDINAVIA His colleagues eye him with distrust despite his objections to their unfair treatment. As a result, he earns a reputation for being difficult amongst the management, and his relationship with his teenage son disintegrates, which leads 11811 to make a decision equivalent to selling his soul. With tempered restraint and a distinct lack of emotional manipulation, director Måns Månsson serves up a fascinating study of a dehumanised sad-sack (played eloquently by theatre actor Anders Mossling in his first leading screen role) that makes no excuses for OPENING NIGHT SELECTION: the bad choices he makes. The opening night selection 2016 Göteborg Film Festival WINNER: 2016 Göteborg Film at this year’s Göteborg Film Festival, this is both a Festival – Lorens Award For cinematic and masterful depiction of mundanity and Best Producer the ‘us and them’ attitude to migrants in modern-day Sweden that does not fail to appal and enthral.

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DENMARK • BLACK COMEDY • 2015 • 85’ DIRECTOR: Natasha Arthy CAST: Anders W. Berthelsen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Peder Thomas Pedersen

Anders W. Berthelsen delivers a terrific performance DENMARK in this comic tale of redemption and the complexities of the father-daughter relationship by celebrated director, Natasha Arthy (The Fighter, 2007, The Killing, 2012). Anders W Berthelsen is a great favorite… an Once celebrated stand-up comedian Thomas enormously versatile (Berthelsen) has derailed his career following a number performer.” of hedonistic decisions. Desperate to do anything to TWITCH FILM return to his former glory, he reluctantly agrees to open as support act for his successful comic friend, Mads Andersen – affording him an opportunity to showcase his dubious new repertoire. However, when his estranged teenage daughter Frederikke, played by television’s The Bridge star Sarah-Sophie Boussnina, appears out of the blue, Thomas' questionable plan is suddenly turned upside down. Frederikke applies any means necessary to sabotage her father’s chances of NOMINATION: 2016 Robert success and before Thomas realises what has hit him, Festival – Audience Award his comeback begins to hurtle with great accuracy toward the comic-abyss. In an ironic twist, it is left to Frederikke to save him – but is it too late for a daughter to find the forgiveness within? One thing is certain; it will not be the comeback Thomas envisioned…

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DENMARK • HISTORICAL DRAMA • 2015 • 114’ DIRECTOR: Daniel Dencik CAST: Jakob Oftebro, Danica Curcic, John Aggrey

Brilliant rising star Jakob Oftebro (of Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki, 2012) plays Wulff Joseph Wulff, a young rebel idealist who is sent to Danish Guinea (today’s A brave and ambitious

DENMARK Southeast Ghana) to establish a new viable commercial coffee plantation. There, he becomes enamoured with first film.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER the potential of this new land while working closely with the natives. Wulff’s anti-colonial idealism is soon overshadowed by the more pressing moral challenge to confront the horrific exploitative practices of the corrupt Danes that rule the colony. Inspired by letters from 1836 that he found in the Royal Library of Copenhagen, fledgling director Daniel Dencik employs a creative collision of fact and imagination to build a mesmerising picture of Wulff’s moral compass, thoughts and inner life. Oftebro delivers an extraordinary and extreme performance as Wulff, NOMINATION: 2015 Karlovy by turns visceral, conflicted and heartbreaking. Gold Vary Intl. Film Festival – Crystal Globe Award Coast is a hallucinatory epic, containing richly textured NOMINATION: 2016 Robert Malickesque vignettes, that seize both the rugged (Danish Academy) Awards – beauty of the wild terrain and the radical beauty of the Audience Award, Best Original human soul spurred into action. The addition of Angelo Score, Best Song Badalamenti’s (Twin Peaks) ethereal contemporary score brings a distinctive freshness to this powerful feature debut.

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DENMARK • THRILLER/DRAMA • 2015 • 114’ DIRECTOR: Christina Rosendahl CAST: Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling, Thomas Bo Larsen, Arly Jover, Jens Albinus

On January 21st 1968, an American B-52 bomber DENMARK carrying nuclear warheads crashed on the polar ice near the US military Air Base in Danish controlled Thule, Greenland. A few days later, responsible Intelligent, thought- governments proclaim the situation as under control provoking and deeply with no cause for concern. Hundreds of Thule workers realistic… It is a drama are set to work, helping in the gigantic cleanup so captivating, that it operation, and after eight months, the case is closed. is almost impossible to imagine it has happened 18 years on, while covering a local workers for real.” compensation story, young journalist Poul Brink, CINEMA SCANDINAVIA portrayed by award-winning actor Peter Plaugborg (Submarino, 2010), suddenly runs into suspicious circumstances linking back to the accident. The ambitious reporter launches an uncompromising investigation to uncover what lays well-protected deep under the Thule Bay's ice cap and in classified WINNER: 2016 Bodil Awards archives in the US. The deeper he goes the further he – Special Award For Peter Albrechtsen WINNER: 2016 finds himself in the heart of an international cover-up, Robert Festival – Best Sound and soon those in charge are finding it hard to keep the WINNER: 2015 Torino Film truth about the tragic accident. This is both a chilling Festival - Gandhi's Glasses and eye-opening documentary-style depiction of an Award Special Mention important slice of recent Scandinavian political history.

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DENMARK • DRAMA/MYSTERY • 2016 • 86’ DIRECTOR: Christian Tafdrup CAST: Søren Malling, Bodil Jørgensen, Elliott Crossett Hove, Miri Ann Beuschel, Anton Honik, Emilia Imperatore Bjørnvad

Danish actor-turned-filmmaker Christian Tafdrup’s debut feature deliberates on identity and growing old gracefully in a humourously deadpan Nordic way. An often profound film, DENMARK Empty-nesters, Kjeld (Søren Malling) and Vibeke Parents interweaves (Bodil Jørgensen), decide to relocate to a smaller place reality, surreality, and a after their son, Esben (Anton Honik), moves out. The tinge of horror to tell a apartment in which they lived pre-parenthood is up story about rediscovering for sale so they make a sentimental purchase hoping love and letting go of the to relive the sweeter days of their youth. Events take past.” a decidedly unreal turn when they wake one morning WE GOT THIS COVERED feeling 30 years younger and the past they so fondly remember may no longer exist. Parents unites veterans of Nordic stage and screen – Malling and Jørgensen – with some of the most talented newcomers – Elliott Crosset Hove and Miri- OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Ann Beuschel – in a semi-surreal take on idealisation Tribeca Film Festival - of the past and the existential void that engulfs some International Narrative parents when kids fly the family coop. This is one for Competition those who like their humour dry.

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ICELAND • ROMANCE/DRAMA • 2016 • 92’ DIRECTOR: Ásgrímur Sverrisson CAST: Atli Rafn Sigursson, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Gudmundur Ingi Porvaldsson, Gríma Kristjánsdóttir

Featuring two of Iceland’s most accomplished acting ICELAND talents, Atli Rafn Sigursson and Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, filmmaker Ásgrímur Sverrisson’s remarkable debut feature takes a glimpse at Ásgrímur Sverrisson relationships through a distinctly Icelandic lens. is an Icelandic cinema visionary.” Hringur and Elsa are a 30-something couple preparing CINEMA SCANDINAVIA to buy their dream house in downtown Reykjavík when the video store Hringur owns is threatened with foreclosure. As the crisis looming over his business spreads to the home front, Hringur confronts the likelihood that his marriage may also be on the rocks. He desperately embarks on a quest to resolve things before it’s too late. Stunningly shot in the city from which it takes its name, Reykjavík is a highly relatable jaunt through the 2016 Goteborg Film Festival universal challenges of relationships and the pressures – Nordic Film Market of running a business, in which audiences of all ages and backgrounds will be able to see a bit of themselves. The references to more than a few cinema classics dotted throughout the film should also keep cineastes on their toes.

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DENMARK/ICELAND/CROATIA • COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA • 2015 • 99’ DIRECTOR: Rúnar Rúnarsson CAST: Rade Serbedzija, Ingvar Eggert Sigursson, Atli Oskar Fjalarsson, Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir, Kristbjorg Kjeld

After ruminating on old age in Volcano (2012), Academy Award nominated filmmaker Rúnar Rúnarsson turns his attention to the other end of the mortality spectrum, this time a young boy’s tremulous transition Sparrows soars… With to adulthood against the darker side of small town life. intoxicating visuals and unforgettable Ari (Atli Oskar Fjalarsson) has no choice but to return to performances, this is an his hometown – a remote village in Iceland’s Westfjörds absolute top notch work.” – when his mother leaves Reykjavik for Africa with her TWITCH new husband. Lumped in the care of his degenerate, alcoholic father, Gunnar (Ingvar Eggert Sigursson), Ari DENMARK/ICELAND/CROATIA finds solace in the company of his grandmother and a former friend, Lara (Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir). But, when tragedy befalls him and he suffers at the hands of Lara’s boyfriend – the town bully – Ari is pushed to take his first steps into manhood. WINNER: 2016 Göteborg A sumptuous visual feast, casts the harsh, beautiful Film Festival – Fipresci surrounds of Westfjörds as a character itself, Prize WINNER: 2015 Chicago and seethes with a sinister undertone thanks to a International Film Festival – mesmerising score by former Sigur Ros keyboardist New Directors Competition WINNER: 2015 San Sebastián Kjartan Sveinsson. International Film Festival – Golden Shell Award For Best Film WINNER: 2015 Thessaloniki Film Festival - Artistic Achievement Award

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ICELAND/FRANCE • ROMANTIC COMEDY • 2016 • 83’ DIRECTOR: Sólveig Anspach CAST: Samir Guesmi, Florence Loiret Caille, Philippe Rebbot, Esteban

Heavy on Icelandic comic sensibilities and imbued with ICELAND/FRANCE feel-good flavour is the posthumous release from beloved Icelandic filmmaker Sólveig Anspach (Haut les coeurs, 1999) – a film for lovers and fans of breezy Just the right balance of cinematic fare. goofiness and sincerity” HOLLYWOOD REPORTER An awkwardly handsome crane driver, Samir (Samir Guesmi), falls hopelessly in love with Agathe (Florence Loiret Caille) after spotting her in a café. When he learns she teaches swimming at a nearby pool, he concocts a plan to woo her by taking lessons, despite already knowing how to swim. Agathe uncovers his scam, and his romantic aspirations crash and burn. Undeterred, Samir poses as the Israeli delegate at an Icelandic lifesaving conference (who would have thought swimming pools were so vital WINNER: 2016 Cannes Film to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process!) to finally Festival – Directors’ Fortnight convince Agathe he is not just another ‘player’. SACD Prize While The Together Project - also known as The Aquatic Effect - concludes Anspach’s trilogy of comedies (following Back Soon and Queen of Montreuil) enjoyment of this film is not contingent on having viewed the others – each functions entirely as its own stand-alone feature.

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FINLAND/IRELAND • THRILLER • 2015 • 92’ DIRECTOR: Petri Kotwica CAST: Laura Birn, Mari Rantasila, Eero Aho

In the spirit of recently praised Nordic fare, this is a thrilling portrayal of guilt and revenge starring 2014 Festival guest Laura Birn, and Mari Rantasila who won Best Supporting Actress for this performance at the Absolution is a superior recent Jussi Awards in Finland. suspense thriller that is not afraid to Kiia (Birn) and Lauri (Eero Aho) are speeding down tackle difficult ethical FINLAND/IRELAND a dark country road, anxious to reach the hospital questions.” with Kiia in premature labour. When their car hits HOLLYWOOD REPORTER something, Lauri goes out to investigate, but tells his wife he saw nothing. They rush to the hospital and Kiia gives birth to a healthy baby boy. While in the hospital Kiia meets Hanna (Rantasila), a woman whose husband is in a coma, the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Kiia befriends Hanna and tries desperately to help her without revealing her role in the accident. However, the weight of conscience and the investigation WINNER: 2016 Jussi (Finnish perpetuate a nightmarish downward spiral on the Academy) Awards – Best Supporting Actress couple which proves unstoppable. Partly inspired by Finnish writer-director Petri Kotwica’s own experiences following a road accident, this tense drama handles the complexities of the situation with great skill, culminating in an astonishing climax.

26 HOMECOMING ELÄMÄLTÄ KAIKEN SAIN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

FINLAND • COMEDY • 2015 • 103’ DIRECTOR: Mika Kaurismäki CAST: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Armi Toivanen, Peter Franzén

Tiina (Armi Toivanen, 2015 Festival hit 21 Ways to Ruin FINLAND a Marriage) convinces boyfriend Tomi (Peter Franzén) to leave the frenzied city of Helsinki behind and move back to Tiina’s native coastal hometown in order to revive Guaranteed to be a hit.” DOME.FI her relationship with her estranged father Urho (Vesa- Matti Loiri) and consequently, by surrounding herself in her childhood landscape, find her true-self again. The grand plan seems ideal – until life hits the fan. The wholesome home-life Tiina remembers so fondly has been taken in a somewhat liberal direction. Concerned by her father’s adopted bohemian lifestyle, Tiina, together with her new family, decides to go one step further and move in with him. However, the coexistence doesn't go as smoothly as Tiina had hoped. A decision to renovate the dilapidated house turns out OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2015 to be a difficult task for family members lacking trade Mostra International Film skills – namely everybody – and Urho resents being Festival, Sao Paulo mollycoddled. Any final hope of harmony is destroyed by hired handyman Kake (Jani Volanen), who turns out to harbour plans of his own that have nothing to do with renovating the house. Veteran Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki offers a delightful take on the dysfunctional family that celebrates difference in ways both hilarious and touching. 27 THE MINE JÄTTILÄINEN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

FINLAND • DRAMA, THRILLER • 2016 • 93’ DIRECTOR: Aleksi Salmenperä CAST: Joonas Saartamo, Jani Volanen, Peter Franzén, Saara Kotkaniemi, Elena Leeve, Leea Klemola

In this chilling environmental thriller set in Finland, the world’s number one mining destination, director Aleksi Salmenperä creates a grimly cloistered world in [The Mine] takes the more FINLAND which immoral decisions can be defended on a purely practical level. graceful yet grittier route.” The mine in question is a huge nickel source in FILMDOO.COM Lapland that belongs to Finnish company Talvivaara. With the intent of making a living for his family, the ambitious, intelligent but inexperienced Jussi takes a job overseeing environmental permissions for the project and it soon becomes apparent that substantial corners are being cut. In order for development to continue, Jussi is pressured into overlooking the fact that Talvivaara’s work is having a toxic effect on local waters. Meanwhile, the toxicity is also leaking into Jussi’s personal life. NOMINATED: 2016 Göteborg Film Festival – Dragon Award For Based on a true story, the film charts the course Best Nordic Film of neglect, corruption and manipulations which led to disaster for Lapland and its underprivileged inhabitants. Delving into the thick of the cold office dealings, we are invited into the intimidating phone calls, shady meetings and ethical compromises that facilitate such results. A frightening tale of caution, and truly compelling viewing. 28 OTHER GIRLS TOISET TYTÖT AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

FINLAND • COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA • 2015 • 80’ DIRECTOR: Esa Illi CAST: Ida Vakkuri, Bahar Tokat, Misa Lommi, Sara Soulié

In 2011, four 18 year-old girls in Helsinki kept no- FINLAND holds-barred video diaries of their lives, loves and experiences as they approached graduation… Other Girls is an inspired, although fictionalised,  retelling of these diaries presented in four episodes EPISODI.FI that shines an honest light on what it means to be a Nordic millennial on the verge of womanhood. Jessica follows her pretty-boy beau to Budapest, only to be dumped at the airport. Aina faces the self-image issues she has previously avoided when confronted by a childhood bully at a party. Jenny suffers from a secret love for her bestfriend that torments her day and night, and makes her question whether she should just suck it up and be straight. Teija finds herself following the same path as her single mother with an WINNER: 2015 Nordic Film Days unexpected pregnancy. Lübeck – Children’s And Youth Despite its Scandinavian heritage, Other Girls is a Film Prize NOMINATION: 2016 survival story familiar to many of us that beats with Jussi (Finnish Academy) Awards – Best Film, Best Actress a feelgood heart of gold. Each episode is different yet the solutions are the same: jump off that cliff of adolescence and hope for a soft landing.

29 THE WAVE BØLGEN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

NORWAY • ACTION/DRAMA/THRILLER • 2015 • 105’ DIRECTOR: Roar Uthaug CAST: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Fritjof Såheim

Scandinavia’s first disaster movie, this breathtaking, action packed film broke box office records and is based on the real-life event of the 1934 tsunami which A thrilling ride as it NORWAY hit Norway’s Tafiord. hits every major genre Geologist and father of two Kristian (Kristoffer Joner), note with a Norwegian is about to move from his job at an early disaster accent.” warning centre to work at an oil company. However, he THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has a bad feeling about some odd readings from the mountain in his town of Geiranger. Unable to shake the feeling, Kristian delays leaving town and finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his family when the mountain collapses and two million cubic metres of rock triggers a wave of more than 85 metres high, leaving a trail of destruction. Director Roar Uthaug sweeps the seaside village away WINNER: 2016 Kosmorama with terrifying realism through soaring helicopter Trondheim Intl. Film Festival shots that roam the spectacular landscape in all – Best Actor, Best Editing, its majesty before narrowing in on Kristian and Best Producer, Best his family’s desperate escape from the terror. Top Production Design Norwegian stars Kristoffer Joner as Kristian and the striking Ane Dahl Torp as his wife, Idun, display great emotional depth, rounding out this unmissable cinematic experience.

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REINDEER IN MY SAAMI HEART

WORLD PREMIERE

AUSTRALIA/FINLAND/NORWAY/SWEDEN • DOCUMENTARY • 2016 • 70’ DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Janet Merewether

Born into a nomadic Saami reindeer herding family in the AUSTRALIA Arctic Circle after WWII, Inghilda Tapio is a member of Sweden's own 'stolen generation,' forced by the Swedish government to attend residential boarding schools in the early 1950s. At the age of seven, Inghilda was removed from her teepee home, reindeer herds and Saami parents for months at a time, isolated and confused by the difficult Swedish language and intimidated by the SELECTED SESSIONS WILL unfamiliar school environment and foreign customs. BE FOLLOWED BY A Q&A Despite these challenges, Inghilda continued on to WITH AWARD-WINNING AUSTRALIAN DIRECTOR university to become a poet, performer, teacher and JANET MEREWETHER. CHECK international representative for Saami writers. EVENTS PAGES FOR DETAILS Inghilda's Saami community now faces new threats posed (SCREENING IN SYDNEY AND by mining, forestry and hydroelectric development, as MELBOURNE ONLY). the reindeer's ancient migratory routes are disrupted, and traditional cultural practices threatened. NOMINATION: 2015 Atom Awards – Best Australian Documentary One of Europe's last indigenous cultures, and an ethnic Biography, Best Indigenous minority in Sweden numbering less than 20,000 Media Resource people, the Saami are regaining their voice to fight for independence for their culture and traditional lands. This innovative documentary by award-winning local director Janet Merewether presents the life of a woman who is passionate about preserving her language and culture for future generations. 31 THE PUSHER TRILOGY itting the film scene at 26-years-old, Nicolas HWinding Refn made his directorial debut with 1996’s Pusher. Long before dazzling critics with the likes of DRIVE and , the failure of Refn’s first English language film, forced him to return to thePusher MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND series years later to continue the first film’s emerging BRISBANE ONLY cult status. Despite the ten year gap between the first and the last entries of the series, the trilogy showcases a cohesive and kinetic visual style and recurring, themes about honour, family, and the cruel twists of fate that Absolutely brilliant, very haunt the central characters forcing them into dreadful likely the best crime corners. Modern Nordic Noir at its finest, Refn’s series is trilogy ever made.” TODD BROWN, TWITCH.COM a synapse splitting series not for the faint of heart. NORDIC NOIR NORDIC

PUSHER 20TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • 1996 • 105’ • RATING: R CAST: , , Laura Drasbaek A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord. Featuring an early performance from Mads Mikkelsen, Pusher serves as the pulsating reminder of Refn somehow emerges where it all began. Just as the hopped up characters from the clichés with an threaten to careen out of control Refn is in command exceptionally propulsive and of this kinetic experience each hurried step of the way. harrowing tour through the Copenhagen drug trade." A.V. CLUB 32 WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS PUSHER 2 DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • 2004 • 100’ • RATING: R CAST: Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Anne Sørensen Tony is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done. Mikkelsen returns in shattering style, offering intensity and high octane A very smart, engrossing aggression that is blistering to watch unfold. Brutal, (if gruelling) gangland unflinching and uncompromising, Refn’s return to picture.” THE GUARDIAN these characters is essential viewing. NORDIC NOIR

I'M THE ANGEL OF DEATH PUSHER 3 DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES • 2005 • 90’ • RATING: R CAST: Zlatko Buric, Marinela Dekic, Slavko Labovic In this third instalment of the 'Pusher' trilogy, we follow Milo, the drug lord from the two first films. He is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday and his shipment of heroin turns out to be 10,000 pills Gut-churningly nasty.” of ecstasy. When Milo tries to sell the pills anyway all A.V CLUB hell breaks loose. Refn’s third (and final) entry into the series changes pace from the initial films, offering a more sombre character portrait. Once again, the Refn’s style and central subject is as engrossing as ever. 33 MELBOURNE SESSION TIMES

PALACE CINEMA COMO Sat 16 July Tue 26 July Wed 6 July 4:00 PM The Idealist 6:30 PM The Fencer 6:00 PM Opening Party 6:30 PM Land of Mine 8:45 PM Reindeer in My before 7pm 8:45 PM A Holy Mess Saami Heart Première of Sun 17 July Wed 27 July WELCOME TO 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven By popular demand NORWAY 4:15 PM Welcome to sessions. Thu 7 July Norway See website for details. 6:30 PM The Mine 6:30 PM The Fencer 8:45 PM A Holy Mess Mon 18 July PALACE WESTGARTH Fri 8 July 1:30 PM The Mine 6:30 PM The Together Thu 7 July 6:30 PM Love is the Drug 6:30 PM The Wave 8:45 PM Homecoming Project 8:30 PM Love is the Drug 8:45 PM The Fencer Sat 9 July Tue 19 July Fri 8 July 4:15 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Absolution 6:30 PM Welcome to 1:30 PM Welcome to Norway 8:45 PM A Holy Mess Norway Sat 9 July 8:45 PM Nice People 6:30 PM Land of Mine 8:45 PM The Yard 3:45 PM As it is in Heaven Sun 10 July 6:30 PM Land of Mine 1:45 PM A Man Called Ove Wed 20 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 8:45 PM Homecoming 4:15 PM Sparrows Sun 10 July 6:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM A Man Called Ove 9:00 PM Other Girls 1:15 PM Reykjavik Mon 11 July 3:30 PM As it is in Heaven Thu 21 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 2: Heaven on 6:30 PM Gold Coast 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 6:15 PM Parents Earth 9:00 PM The Together 6:30 PM Welcome to Project 8:15 PM Reindeer in My Saami Heart + Norway Tue 12 July Q&A with Director Mon 11 July 1:30 PM Land of Mine Janet Merewether 6:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM The Idealist Tue 12 July 9:00 PM A Holy Mess Fri 22 July 1:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM The Fencer Wed 13 July 6:30 PM Comeback Wed 13 July 1:30 PM The Fencer 8:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:30 PM The Mine 6:30 PM Other Girls 8:30 PM Parents Sat 23 July Thu 14 July 3:30 PM As it is in Heaven 6:30 PM Welcome to Thu 14 July 2: Heaven on Norway 1:30 PM Reykjavik Earth 8:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM The Wave 6:30 PM Absolution 8:45 PM Comeback Fri 15 July 8:45 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM A Man Called Ove Fri 15 July Norway 9:00 PM Love is the Drug 1:30 PM Welcome to Sun 24 July Sat 16 July Norway 1:45 PM A Holy Mess 6:45 PM As it is in Heaven 4:00 PM Land of Mine 4:15 PM Land of Mine 6:15 PM As it is in Heaven 2: Heaven on 6:30 PM The Yard Earth + Q&A with 2: Heaven on Jakob Oftebro Mon 25 July Earth 6:30 PM Reykjavik 9:15 PM Comeback 8:45 PM Welcome to Norway

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Sun 17 July Sun 10 July Fri 22 July 2:00 PM Absolution 1:30 PM Land of Mine 1:30 PM Reindeer in My 4:15 PM Nice People 3:45 PM A Holy Mess Saami Heart 6:30 PM The Idealist 6:15 PM Comeback 6:30 PM The Fencer Mon 18 July Mon 11 July 8:45 PM The Mine 6:30 PM A Holy Mess 1:30 PM Welcome to Sat 23 July Tue 19 July Norway 3:45 PM As it is in Heaven 6:30 PM Gold Coast 6:30 PM Other Girls 6:30 PM Land of Mine 8:45 PM Nice People Wed 20 July Tue 12 July 6:30 PM The Fencer 1:30 PM The Fencer Sun 24 July 6:30 PM Gold Coast 1:15 PM Welcome to Thu 21 July Wed 13 July Norway 6:30 PM The Together 3:15 PM As it is in Heaven Project 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 6:30 PM Reykjavik 2: Heaven on 8:30 PM A Holy Mess Earth Fri 22 July Thu 14 July 6:15 PM The Idealist 6:30 PM Homecoming 1:30 PM A Holy Mess Mon 25 July 8:45 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM Homecoming 8:45 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Gold Coast Sat 23 July Fri 15 July Tue 26 July 4:30 PM Parents 6:30 PM Parents 6:30 PM The Fencer 1:30 PM Land of Mine 8:45 PM Sparrows 6:15 PM As it is in Heaven Wed 27 July 2: Heaven on By popular demand Sun 24 July Earth with intro sessions. 2:15 PM The Wave by Jakob Oftebro See website for details. 4:30 PM Welcome to 9:15 PM Welcome to Norway Norway 6:30 PM A Holy Mess Sat 16 July THE ASTOR THEATRE Mon 25 July 4:15 PM Love is the Drug 6:30 PM Other Girls Fri 8 July 6:30 PM The Fencer 10:30 PM Pusher Tue 26 July 8:45 PM Nice People 6:30 PM The Yard Fri 15 July Sun 17 July 10:30 PM Pusher 2 Wed 27 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess By popular demand 4:00 PM Land of Mine Fri 22 July sessions. 6:15 PM Sparrows 10:30 PM Pusher 3 See website for details. Mon 18 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:30 PM Land of Mine PALACE BRIGHTON BAY Tue 19 July Thu 7 July 1:30 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM The Wave 8:45 PM The Yard Wed 20 July Fri 8 July 1:30 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM The Together Norway Project 6:30 PM A Holy Mess 8:30 PM Sparrows Thu 21 July Sat 9 July 1:30 PM Land of Mine 4:30 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM The Fencer Norway 8:45 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM Absolution Norway 8:45 PM A Man Called Ove 35 MELBOURNE EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT EVENT Q&A WITH AUSTRALIAN WELCOME TO NORWAY DIRECTOR JANET Join in the delight of international MEREWETHER audiences with the Première of this unlikely witty black comedy brimming MEET THE FILMMAKER: with heart and soul. The pre-film Janet Merewether reception will include Scandinavian This special screening of REINDEER IN MY Smørrebrød and Cake Wines. SAAMI HEART will be followed by a Q&A PALACE CINEMA COMO with award-winning Australian writer/ Wednesday 6 July director/producer Janet Merewether. 6pm Opening Party PALACE CINEMA COMO 7pm Première screening of Thursday 21st July WELCOME TO NORWAY 8.15pm screening followed by Q&A Palace Movie Club Members $30 General Admission prices apply General Admission $35 NORWEGIAN STAR JAKOB OFTEBRO IN ATTENDENCE!

PALACE BRIGHTON BAY Friday 15 July 6.15pm Introduction by Festival Guest Jakob Oftebro followed by AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH General Admission prices apply PALACE CINEMA COMO Friday 15 July 6.45pm AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH followed by Q&A with Jakob Oftebro General Admission prices apply

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PALACE NORTON STREET Fri 15 July Sun 24 July Tue 5 July 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 2:00 PM Absolution 6:00 PM Opening Party 6:30 PM Land of Mine 4:15 PM Land of Mine before 7pm 8:45 PM Absolution 6:30 PM The Wave Australian Sat 16 July Mon 25 July Première of 1:15 PM The Wave 6:30 PM Parents WELCOME TO 3:30 PM A Holy Mess 8:30 PM The Fencer NORWAY 6:00 PM As it is in Heaven Tue 26 July Wed 6 July 2: Heaven on 6:30 PM Comeback 6:30 PM The Yard Earth + Q&A with 8:30 PM Welcome to 8:30 PM A Holy Mess Jakob Oftebro Norway 8:30 PM Gold Coast with Thu 7 July intro by Jakob Wed 27 July 6:30 PM Homecoming Oftebro By popular demand 8:45 PM Gold Coast sessions. See website for Sun 17 July details. Fri 8 July 2:15 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM Nice People Norway 8:45 PM Sparrows 4:15 PM Land of Mine Sat 9 July 6:30 PM The Fencer PALACE VERONA 1:45 PM Love is the Drug Mon 18 July Wed 6 July 4:00 PM The Idealist 1:30 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM The Idealist 6:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM Other Girls 9:00 PM Reykjavik 8:45 PM A Man Called Ove 8:30 PM Sparrows Thu 7 July 6:30 PM The Wave Sun 10 July Tue 19 July 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 1:30 PM The Mine 8:45 PM The Mine 4:15 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Reindeer in My Fri 8 July 6:30 PM A Holy Mess Saami Heart 6:30 PM Absolution Mon 11 July 8:15 PM The Yard 8:45 PM A Man Called Ove 1:30 PM Other Girls Wed 20 July Sat 9 July 6:30 PM The Together 1:30 PM Land of Mine 1:45 PM Gold Coast Project 6:30 PM The Idealist 4:15 PM Homecoming 8:30 PM Parents 9:00 PM Parents 6:30 PM Welcome to Norway Tue 12 July Thu 21 July 1:30 PM The Fencer 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 8:45 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM Reykjavik Sun 10 July Norway 8:30 PM Homecoming 2:00 PM Sparrows 8:45 PM Land of Mine 4:15 PM Land of Mine Fri 22 July Wed 13 July 1:30 PM Reindeer in My 6:30 PM Nice People 1:30 PM A Holy Mess Saami Heart Mon 11 July 6:30 PM Reykjavik 6:30 PM Welcome to 1:30 PM The Fencer 8:30 PM Comeback Norway 6:30 PM A Holy Mess Thu 14 July 8:30 PM The Together 8:45 PM Comeback 1:30 PM Welcome to Project Tue 12 July Norway Sat 23 July 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 6:30 PM Reindeer in my 1:15 PM Nice People 6:30 PM Other Girls Saami Heart 3:30 PM As it is in Heaven 8:30 PM Gold Coast Followed by Q&A 2: Heaven on Wed 13 July with Director Earth 1:30 PM Land of Mine Janet Merewether 6:30 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM The Fencer 8:45 PM A Man Called Ove 8:45 PM Love is the Drug 8:30 PM The Together Project 38 SYDNEY SESSION TIMES

Thu 14 July Sun 24 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 1:15 PM Love is the Drug 6:30 PM The Yard 3:30 PM As it is in Heaven 8:30 PM The Mine 2: Heaven on Fri 15 July Earth 1:30 PM Welcome to 6:30 PM The Fencer Norway Mon 25 July 6:30 PM Nice People 6:30 PM The Together 8:45 PM Homecoming Project Sat 16 July 8:30 PM Land of Mine 1:30 PM Welcome to Tue 26 July Norway 6:30 PM The Yard 3:45 PM As it is in Heaven 8:30 PM Other Girls 6:30 PM Land of Mine Wed 27 July 8:45 PM Absolution By popular demand Sun 17 July sessions. See website for 1:15 PM The Mine details. 3:30 PM As it is in Heaven 2: Heaven on Earth CHAUVEL CINEMA 6:30 PM A Holy Mess Sat 9 July Mon 18 July 9:00 PM Pusher 1:30 PM Land of Mine 6:30 PM Love is the Drug Sat 16 July 8:45 PM Welcome to 9:00 PM Pusher 2 Norway Sat 23 July 9:00 PM Pusher 3 Tue 19 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:30 PM The Wave 8:45 PM The Fencer Wed 20 July 1:30 PM Welcome to Norway 6:30 PM Comeback 8:30 PM A Holy Mess Thu 21 July 1:30 PM Reindeer in My Saami Heart 6:30 PM A Man Called Ove 9:00 PM Parents Fri 22 July 1:30 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Sparrows 8:45 PM Land of Mine Sat 23 July 1:45 PM Reykjavik 4:00 PM The Idealist 6:30 PM Welcome to Norway 8:45 PM A Holy Mess 39 SYDNEY EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT EVENT Q&A WITH AUSTRALIAN WELCOME TO NORWAY DIRECTOR JANET Join in the delight of international MEREWETHER audiences with the Australian première of this unlikely witty black comedy MEET THE FILMMAKER: brimming with heart and soul. The pre- Janet Merewether film reception will include Scandinavian This special screening of REINDEER IN MY Smørrebrød and Cake Wines. SAAMI HEART will be followed by a Q&A PALACE NORTON STREET with award-winning Australian writer/ Tuesday 5 July director/producer Janet Merewether. 6pm Opening Party PALACE NORTON STREET 7pm Australian Première screening Thursday 14 July of WELCOME TO NORWAY 6.30pm REINDEER IN MY SAAMI HEART Palace Movie Club Members $30 followed by Q&A General Admission $35 General Admission prices apply NORWEGIAN STAR JAKOB OFTEBRO IN ATTENDENCE!

PALACE NORTON STREET Saturday 16 July 6pm screening AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: HEAVEN ON EARTH followed by Q&A with Jakob Oftebro. General Admission prices apply Join us for the uncompromising epic GOLD COAST introduced by lead actor Jakob Oftebro. PALACE NORTON STREET Saturday 16 July 8.30pm Introduction followed by GOLD COAST General Admission prices apply

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PALACE ELECTRIC Sun 17 July Sat 23 July Tue 12 July 1:15 PM As it is in Heaven 1:15 PM Sparrows 6:00pm Opening Party 2: Heaven on 3:30 PM As it is in Heaven before 7pm Earth 2: Heaven on Première of 4:15 PM Land of Mine Earth WELCOME TO 6:30 PM Sparrows 6:30 PM Land of Mine NORWAY 8:45 PM The Together 8:45 PM Nice People Project Wed 13 July Sun 24 July 1:30 PM The Mine Mon 18 July 2:00 PM Absolution 6:30 PM Nice People 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 4:15 PM Welcome to 8:45 PM Homecoming 6:30 PM The Yard Norway 8:30 PM Gold Coast 6:30 PM The Fencer Thu 14 July 8:45 PM Other Girls 1:30 PM Welcome to Tue 19 July Norway 1:30 PM Absolution Mon 25 July 6:30 PM The Wave 6:30 PM The Idealist 1:30 PM The Fencer 8:45 PM A Man Called Ove 9:00 PM The Wave 6:30 PM Love is the Drug 8:45 PM The Mine Fri 15 July Wed 20 July 1:30 PM Reykjavik 1:30 PM Land of Mine Tue 26 July 6:30 PM Absolution 6:30 PM Homecoming 1:30 PM A Man Called Ove 8:45 PM The Fencer 8:45 PM Parents 6:30 PM Comeback 8:30 PM The Idealist Sat 16 July Thu 21 July 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 1:30 PM Sparrows Wed 27 July 4:15 PM Love is the Drug 6:30 PM A Man Called Ove 1:30 PM Reykjavik 6:30 PM Welcome to 9:00 PM The Yard 6:30 PM By popular Norway Fri 22 July demand sessions. 8:45 PM A Holy Mess 1:30 PM Nice People See website for 6:30 PM A Holy Mess details. 9:00 PM Comeback

CANBERRA EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT PALACE ELECTRIC WELCOME TO NORWAY Tuesday 12 July Join in the delight of international 6pm Opening Party audiences with the Première of this 7pm Première screening of unlikely witty black comedy brimming WELCOME TO NORWAY with heart and soul. The pre-film Palace Movie Club Members $30 reception will include Scandinavian General Admission $35 Smørrebrød courtesy of Monster Kitchen, and Cake Wines. Norwegian star Jakob Oftebro will be in attendance. 41 2016 ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - A FILM BY CIRO GUERRA -

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PALACE BARRACKS Sun 17 July Sat 23 July Wed 13 July 2:00 PM Nice People 2:00 PM Sparrows 6:00 Opening Party 4:15 PM Land of Mine 4:15 PM Absolution before 7pm 6:30 PM Sparrows 6:30 PM Land of Mine Première of 8:45 PM The Together 8:45 PM Nice People WELCOME TO Project Sun 24 July NORWAY Mon 18 July 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven Thu 14 July 1:30 PM Land of Mine 2: Heaven on 1:30 PM The Mine 6:30 PM The Yard Earth 6:30 PM As it is in Heaven 8:30 PM Gold Coast 4:30 PM Welcome to 2: Heaven on Tue 19 July Norway Earth + Q&A with 1:30 PM Absolution 6:30 PM The Fencer Jakob Oftebro 6:30 PM A Man Called Ove 8:45 PM Other Girls Fri 15 July 9:00 PM The Wave Mon 25 July 1:30 PM Reykjavik Wed 20 July 1:30 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Absolution 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:30 PM Love is the Drug 8:35 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Homecoming 8:45 PM The Mine 10:30 PM Pusher 8:45 PM Parents Tue 26 July Sat 16 July Thu 21 July 1:30 PM A Man Called Ove 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 1:30 PM Nice People 6:30 PM The Idealist 4:15 PM Love is the Drug 6:30 PM Comeback 9:00 PM Comeback 6:30 PM Welcome to 8:30 PM The Yard Wed 27 July Norway Fri 22 July 1:30 PM Reykjavik 8:45 PM A Holy Mess 1:30 PM Sparrows 6:30 PM By popular 6:30 PM A Holy Mess demand sessions. 9:00 PM A Man Called Ove See website for 10:30 PM Pusher 2 details. Fri 29 July 10:30 PM Pusher 3 BRISBANE EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT Q&A WITH ACTOR JAKOB OFTEBRO WELCOME TO NORWAY Join us for a special screening of the Join in the delight of international Swedish film AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: audiences with the Première of this HEAVEN ON EARTH followed by Q&A with unlikely refugee-crisis comedy brimming lead actor Jakob Oftebro. with heart and soul. The pre-film PALACE BARRACKS reception will include Scandinavian Thursday 14 July Smørrebrød and Cake Wines. Norwegian 6.30pm AS IT IS IN HEAVEN 2: star Jakob Oftebro will be in attendance. HEAVEN ON EARTH followed by Q&A PALACE BARRACKS General Admission prices apply Wednesday 13 July 6pm Opening Party 7pm Première screening of WELCOME TO NORWAY Palace Movie Club Members $30 General Admission $35 43 CINE LATINO: A NEW FESTIVAL OF LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA

COMING THIS AUGUST TO PALACE CINEMA COMO, WESTGARTH, NORTON STREET, VERONA, ELECTRIC, CENTRO AND PALACE NOVA EASTEND CINEMA. SYDNEY 9 – 21 AUG CANBERRA 10 – 21 AUG ADELAIDE 11 – 21 AUG BRISBANE 11 – 21 AUG MELBOURNE 17 – 28 AUG

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MELBOURNE ONLINE 5 FILM PASS PALACE CINEMA COMO At: scandinavianfilmfestival.com Palace Movie Club $70.00 Level 2, Como Centre (Go to the Times & Tickets page General Admission $80.00 Corner of Toorak Road and and select by cinema or title). 10 FILM PASS Chapel Street, South Yarra All major credit cards accepted Palace Movie Club $130.00 Tram 8, stop 31 (ex. Amex and Diners). Booking General Admission $150.00 (03) 9827 7533 fees apply. 20 FILM PASS PALACE BRIGHTON BAY BY PHONE Palace Movie Club $240.00 294 Bay Street, Brighton Telephone bookings by credit General Admission $280.00 (03) 9596 3590 card only (ex Amex and Diners), which will be debited at the time Multi-film passes are for separate PALACE WESTGARTH of booking and must be produced sessions for one person only and 89 High Street, Northcote when collecting tickets. Patrons can be purchased and redeemed (03) 9482 2001 are encouraged to collect tickets at any Palace Cinema in VIC, NSW, Tram 86 stop 27 30 minutes prior to the session QLD and ACT at the Box Office. THE ASTOR THEATRE to avoid queues. Credit card Not available for online or phone Corner Chapel Street and transactions by phone will incur bookings. Lost or stolen passes Dandenong Road, St Kilda booking fees. When calling will not be refunded or replaced. Tram 5 & 64 stop 32 during busy periods, there may GROUP BOOKINGS or Tram 78 stop 42 be a delay in answering the GROUPS (20 people or more) (03) 9510 1414 phone. Please try again later, or visit the website. $14.00 per ticket SYDNEY SCHOOL GROUPS (20 students PALACE NORTON STREET TICKET PRICES or more) $10.50 per ticket* 99 Norton Street, Leichhardt Palace Golden Movie Club $10.00 *One teacher admitted free for (02) 9564 5620 Palace Movie Club $15.00 every 20 students. Adult $19.50 PALACE VERONA Seniors (60+) $12.00 Melbourne Enquiries & bookings: 17 Oxford Street, Paddington Concession* $17.00 (03) 9816 1777 or events.vic@ (02) 9360 6099 *Eligible Concessions: Full time palacecinemas.com.au Students (photo ID required), Senior CHAUVEL CINEMA Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Sydney Enquiries & bookings: Corner Oatley Road and Pensioners. Proof of concession (02) 9346 8798 or events.nsw@ must be presented at the cinema palacecinemas.com.au Oxford Street box office and/or upon entry to the Paddington (02) 9361 5398 auditorium. Canberra Enquiries & bookings: BRISBANE PUSHER TRILOGY Sam Duke (02) 6222 4908 or [email protected] PALACE BARRACKS Single tickets at general prices. 61 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane Discounts available for purchase Brisbane Enquiries & bookings: (07) 3367 1954 of all three films: Charley Greaves 0402 338 525 Palace Movie Club $30.00 CANBERRA or charley.greaves@ Adult $39.00 palacecinemas.com.au PALACE ELECTRIC Concession* $33.00 NewActon Nishi Festival films are restricted 2 Phillip Law Street, Canberra SCANDI – LESS MONDAYS* to persons aged 18 years and Enquiries: 1300 620 809 Adult $14.00 over unless specified. Festival Seniors Card Holder and tickets, once acquired, are IN CINEMAS Palace Movie Club $12.00 non-refundable and non- At box offices 11.00am to Palace Golden Movie Club $10.00 8.30pm daily until sold out. exchangeable. Lost or stolen *Excludes public holidays Cinemas can only sell tickets tickets will not be replaced or refunded. All seating is for their respective venues. MULTI-FILM PURCHASE reserved at Palace Cinema There are no booking fees for Discounts available for multi- Como, Westgarth, Brighton purchasing tickets at cinema box film purchase. Excludes Opening Bay, Norton Street, Electric and offices however surcharges for Night and Special Events. credit cards apply. Barracks. Seating is unreserved at Palace Verona, The Astor Theatre and Chauvel Cinema.

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PALACE NOVA EASTEND Fri 22 July Mon 25 July CINEMA 1:30 PM Reykjavik 1:30 PM Land of Mine Tue 19 July 6:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:30 PM Love is the Drug 6:00 PM Opening Party 9:00 PM A Man Called Ove 8:45 PM The Mine before 7pm Sat 23 July Tue 26 July Première of 2:00 PM Sparrows 1:30 PM Gold Coast WELCOME TO 4:15 PM Absolution 6:30 PM The Idealist NORWAY 6:30 PM Land of Mine 9:00 PM Comeback Wed 20 July 8:45 PM Nice People Wed 27 July 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven Sun 24 July 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:30 PM Homecoming 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 6:30 PM By popular 8:45 PM Parents 2: Heaven on demand sessions. Thu 21 July Earth See website for 1:30 PM Other Girls 4:30 PM Welcome to details. 6:30 PM The Together Norway Project 6:30 PM The Fencer 8:30 PM The Yard 8:45 PM The Wave

ADELAIDE EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT PALACE NOVA EASTEND CINEMAS WELCOME TO NORWAY Tuesday 19 July Join in the delight of international 6pm Opening Party audiences with the Première of this 7pm Première screening of unlikely witty black comedy brimming WELCOME TO NORWAY with heart and soul. The pre-film Palace Movie Club Members $30 reception will include Scandinavian General Admission $35 Smørrebrød and Cake Wines.

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PALACE NOVA EASTEND CINEMAS SCANDI – LESS MONDAYS 3 Cinema Place Adult $14.00 (off 250 Rundle Street) Seniors Card Holders and Palace (08) 8232 3434 Movie Club $12.00 Palace Golden Movie Club $10.00 IN CINEMAS At box offices 11.00am to MULTI-FILM PURCHASE 8.30pm daily until sold out. Discounts available for multi- Cinemas can only sell tickets film purchase. Excludes Opening for their respective venues. Night and Special Events. There are no booking fees for purchasing tickets at cinema box 5 FILM PASS offices however surcharges for Palace Movie Club $70.00 credit cards apply. General Admission $80.00 Available for pre-purchase at ONLINE the cinema Box Office until sold Print your ticket at home! Online out. Multi-film passes are for at scandinavianfilmfestival.com separate, preselected sessions and palacenova.com. All major for one person. All films must be credit cards accepted (ex. Amex chosen in advance to different and Diners). Booking Fees Apply. films at the time of purchase. MY CINEMA APP GROUP BOOKINGS For those on the go, download GROUPS (20 people or more) your free Palace Cinemas app for $14.00 per ticket iPhone or the free My Cinema SCHOOL GROUPS (20 students app for iPhone and Android. or more) $10.50 per ticket* Booking fees apply. * One teacher admitted free for every 20 students. ADELAIDE TICKET PRICES Palace Golden Movie Club $10.00 Enquiries and bookings: Palace Movie Club $15.00 [email protected] Adult $19.50 or (08) 8232 3335. Seniors (60+) $12.00 Festival films are restricted Concession* $17.00 to persons aged 18 years and * Eligible Concessions: Full time over unless specified. Festival Students (photo ID required), Senior tickets, once acquired, are Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. Proof of concession non-refundable and non- must be presented at the cinema exchangeable. Lost or stolen box office and/or upon entry to the tickets will not be replaced auditorium. or refunded. All seating is reserved. For censorship information and general festival conditions, please refer to the website.

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CINEMA PARADISO Mon 25 July Sun 31 July Thu 21 July 1:30 PM Land of Mine 1:30 PM As it is in Heaven 6:00 PM Opening Party 6:30 PM Nice People 2: Heaven on before 7pm 8:45 PM Gold Coast Earth Première of Tue 26 July 4:30 PM Welcome to WELCOME TO 1:30 PM Absolution Norway NORWAY 6:30 PM The Idealist 6:30 PM The Fencer Fri 22 July 9:00 PM The Wave 8:45 PM Other Girls 2:00 PM Reykjavik Wed 27 July Mon 1 August 4:15 PM Love is the Drug 1:30 PM A Holy Mess 1:30 PM The Fencer 6:30 PM Absolution 6:30 PM Homecoming 6:30 PM Love is the Drug 8:45 PM The Fencer 8:45 PM Parents 8:45 PM The Mine Sat 23 July Thu 28 July Tue 2 August 1:15 PM As it is in Heaven 1:30 PM Nice People 1:30 PM A Man Called Ove 4:00 PM A Man Called Ove 6:30 PM A Man Called Ove 6:30 PM Comeback 6:30 PM Welcome to 9:00 PM The Yard 8:30 PM The Idealist Norway Fri 29 July Wed 3 August 8:45 PM A Holy Mess 2:00 PM The Mine 1:30 PM Reykjavik Sun 24 July 4:15 PM Homecoming 6:30 PM By popular 1:15 PM As it is in Heaven 6:30 PM A Holy Mess demand sessions. 2: Heaven on 9:00 PM Comeback See website for details. Earth Sat 30 July 4:15 PM Land of Mine 2:00 PM Sparrows 6:30 PM Sparrows 4:15 PM Absolution 8:45 PM The Together 6:30 PM Land of Mine Project 8:45 PM Nice People

PERTH EVENTS

CINEMA PARADISO OPENING NIGHT Thursday 21st July WELCOME TO NORWAY 6pm Opening Party Join in the delight of international audiences 7pm Première screening of with the Première of this unlikely witty black WELCOME TO NORWAY comedy brimming with heart and soul. The Luna Palace Privilege Card $30 pre-film reception will include Scandinavian General Admission $35 Smørrebrød and Cake Wines.

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CINEMA PARADISO GROUP BOOKINGS 164 James Street, Northbridge GROUPS (20 people or more) (08) 9227 1771 $14.00 per ticket (No phone bookings) SCHOOL GROUPS (20 students or more) $11.00 per ticket* ONLINE * One teacher admitted free for At: scandinavianfilmfestival.com every 20 students. or lunapalace.com.au. All major Enquiries and bookings: credit cards accepted (Ex. Amex (08) 9227 1771 or and Diners). Booking fees apply. [email protected] IN CINEMAS Festival films are restricted At Cinema Paradiso box office to persons aged 18 years and 11.00am - 9.00pm daily until over unless specified. Festival sold out. Enquiries by phone tickets, once acquired, are at (08) 9227 1771 (no phone non-refundable and non- bookings). exchangeable. Lost or stolen tickets will not be replaced PERTH TICKET PRICES or refunded. All seating is Adult $19.00 unreserved. Senior (60+) $12.00 Concession* $15.50 For censorship information and * Eligible Concessions: Full time general festival conditions, Students (photo ID required), Luna please refer to the website. Palace Privilege Card Holders, Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. Proof of concession must be presented at the cinema box office and/or upon entry to the auditorium. MULTI-FILM PURCHASE Discounts available for multi- film purchase. Excludes Opening Night. 5 FILM PASS Luna Privilege Card $70.00 General Admission $80.00 Multi-film passes are for separate, pre-selected sessions for one person. All films must be chosen in advance to different films at the time of purchase.

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STATE CINEMA Fri 22 July Mon 25 July Wed 20 July 8:30 PM A Holy Mess 6:00 PM Homecoming 6:00 PM Opening Party Sat 23 July Tue 26 July before 6:30pm 2:00 PM Comeback 8:30 PM Love is the Drug Première of 4:00 PM Nice People Wed 27 July WELCOME TO 8:45 PM Absolution 6:00 PM Parents NORWAY Sun 24 July Thu 21 July 11:30 AM Sparrows 6:00 PM The Idealist 1:45 PM The Fencer 3:45 PM Land of Mine 6:00 PM Welcome to Norway

TICKETING & BOOKING INFO

STATE CINEMA STATE CINEMA TICKET PRICES Groups-Hire 375 Elizabeth Street, Adult $19.00 Festival films are restricted North Hobart Concession* $17.00 to persons aged 18 years and (03) 6234 6318 *Eligible Concessions: Full time over unless specified. Festival Students (photo ID required), Senior tickets, once acquired, are Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, IN CINEMAS non-refundable and non- At box offices 10.00am to 8.30pm Pensioners. Proof of concession must be presented at the cinema box office exchangeable. Lost or stolen daily until sold out. Cinemas and/or upon entry to the auditorium. tickets will not be replaced can only sell tickets for their or refunded. All seating is GROUP BOOKINGS respective venues. There are unreserved. no booking fees for purchasing GROUPS (20 people or more) tickets at cinema box offices. $14.50 per ticket SCHOOL GROUPS (20 students ONLINE or more) $12.50 per ticket* At: scandinavianfilmfestival.com * One teacher admitted free for (go to the Times & Tickets page every 20 students. and select by cinema or title) or Enquiries and bookings: statecinema.com.au. All major statecinema.com.au/page credit cards accepted (ex. Amex and Diners). Booking fees apply.

HOBART EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT STATE CINEMA WELCOME TO NORWAY Wednesday 20 July Join in the delight of international 6pm drink on arrival for 6.30pm audiences with the Première of this screening of WELCOME TO NORWAY unlikely witty black comedy brimming All tickets $24 with heart and soul. Cake Wines on arrival. 50 51 STARRING ROLE

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